1美国地理（二） 1. The Mississippi River is the largest river in America, over 6000 kilometers. The Mississippi has been called "father of waters" or "old man river".密西西比河 是美国最长河流，长度超过6000公里。被称作 "众水之父"或 "老人河"。 2. The Ohio River has been called the American Ruhr, As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and is well-known for its steel industry. The river provides cheap water transportation for raw materials.俄亥俄河 被称作美国的鲁尔河，就像德国一样，沿河有丰富的高品千周的焦煤，并且因其钢铁而著名。另外，该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输。 3. On the Pacific side there are two great rivers:The Colorado in the south and The Columbia, which rises in Canada.太平洋沿岸有两大河：南部的科罗拉多河，以及发源于加拿大的哥伦比亚河。The ColoradoThe Columbia 4. The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary betweenMexicoand theUnited States.格兰德河 是美国和墨西哥之间的天然界河。 5. The most important lakes in the United States are The Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior, which is the largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Michigan, the only entirely in theU.S., Lake Huron, Lake Eire and Lake Ontario. They are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.美国最重要的湖泊是五大湖：苏必利尔湖（世界上最大的淡水湖），密歇根湖（五大湖中唯一完全位于美国境内的），休伦湖，伊利湖和安大略湖。除了密歇根湖，其他四大湖都位于美国和加拿大的国境线上。 本文为节选，来源：沪江网 点击阅读更多